ok, I went and looked at the descriptions and photos of the 5200, 5300, 6200 and 6300, and I beleive this was a 6300. I've eliminated the 5xxx's as contenders because there was no built in monitor to this beast. I am ruling out the 6200 becuase I think the 603e chip has the numeral 160 somewhere in its serial number, which I take to mean it's a 160 Mhz chip, not a 100. so this creature is the immediate predecessor to my 6360. so mine has the improved mobo with the uncrippled architecture and the bizarre comm slot/serial port eclipsing issue untangled.
question: does the same processor issue that fouled the design of the 6300 still remain in the 6360? meaning, does using the comm slot II modem still stress the processor to manage the modem connection while handling the computer's own processing at the same time? would it releive the processor of that nonsense to take out the comm slot II card and just use a modem externally out the back port? oh wait, I forgot-- a G3L2 upgrade cache disables the geoport modem. sigh. did apple ever stop shooting itself in the foot like this? do these guys have a psychological block against total success? do they think people LIKE buying cripped machines?? guess if i want the G3 upgrade in the cache slot, I gotta use the comm slot Ii modem. is there any way to get a 56k modem onto this 6360? maybe ethernet to modem? like with a home LAN, a gateway machine, a hub, switcher or router and a subnet mask? anyone got the mac TV parts in their machines of this era and can point me where to read up on installing the modules and hooking up? I got this lot primarily to put the TV features into my 6360 janet http://community.webtv.net/mensabrains/BADCODE -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
